Freddy Watson was a student at Hollyoaks Community College until 2005. He studied English literature and was an animal rights campaigner. Zara Morgan took a liking to Freddy, but was unaware he was using her to get revenge against the college for animal rights. Freddy took drastic measures, such as torching the media lab in December 2005.
Freddy also conspired with HCC newspaper editor Chris Fenwick to remove Lee Hunter from his presidency. However, this backfired as Zara revealed all to the student council about his intentions and his involvement behind the fire. He and Chris were later thrown out of HCC.